Plant Location

The Anpara Power Plant is located near village Anpara on the bank of Rihand reservoir in the district of Sonebhadra (Uttar Pradesh). it is about 34 km from Rihand Dam on Pipri-Singrauli road and about 200 km from Varanasi. Varanasi is connected by air/rail and road route from other major cities.

Generating Units at Anpara Thermal Power Station

All the units of Anpara TPS are coal-fired thermal power plants, having a total generating capacity of 1630 MW and consists of following units -

Stage

Units No.

Installed Capacity

Derated Capacity

Date of Synchronization

Date of Commercial Operation

Original Equipment Manufacturers

'A' TPS

1

210 MW

210 MW

26.03.1986

01.01.1987

M/s Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

2

210 MW

210 MW

28.02.1987

01.08.1987

M/s Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

3

210 MW

210 MW

12.03.1988

01.04.1989

M/s Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

'B' TPS

4

500 MW

500 MW

19.07.1993

01.03.1994

M/s Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan

5

500 MW

500 MW

04.07.1994

01.10.1994

M/s Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan

The coal to all these units is fed from Kharia, Kakri and Beena open coal mines of NCL, by means of a marry-go-round system, maintained by UPRVUNL.